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Auburn is an unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina, United States, just southeast of Raleigh. It lies approximately halfway between Garner and Clayton along Garner Road, a former alignment of US 70. The borders of the community are not well defined, but it is centered along Garner Road between Auburn Church Road and Guy Road.

History

The North Carolina Railroad established a depot at Auburn, halfway between Garner and Clayton. A small community grew around the depot, which was later annexed into Garner.

Landmarks

The Wayland E. Poole House is located in Auburn and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Near Auburn, there are three of the broadcast towers for Triangle area media outlets: the WRAL HDTV Tower, the WTVD Tower and the WNCN Tower. The now-closed Mount Auburn School (a former elementary school and later Wake County Sheriff's Office training site) and the Clemmons Educational State Forest also lie near Auburn. Two large churches, Mt. Moriah Church on Garner Road, and Springfield Baptist Church, located on Auburn Knightdale Road, are also prominent landmarks. Like much of Wake County, the area has undergone a development boom in recent years, anchored by the Auburn Village residential development along Auburn-Knightdale Road, just north of Garner Road. A small industrial park on Greenfield Parkway lies immediately to the west of the community.

References

1. "Garner grows up along railroad - Garner Chamber of Commerce". garnerchamber.com. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
2. "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved April 23, 2018.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Wake County, North Carolina, United States
County seat: Raleigh
Cities	Durham‡ Raleigh‡
Towns	Apex Cary‡ Fuquay-Varina Garner Holly Springs Knightdale Morrisville‡ Rolesville Wake Forest‡ Wendell Zebulon
Townships	Bartons Creek Buckhorn Cary Cedar Fork Holly Springs House Creek Leesville Little River Marks Creek Meredith Middle Creek Neuse New Light Panther Branch Raleigh St. Mary's St. Matthew's Swift Creek Wake Forest White Oak
Unincorporated communities	Auburn Bayleaf Bonsal Carpenter Chestnut Hills Clegg Eagle Rock Falls Feltonville Forestville Friendship Green Level Holland Hopkins Kennebec Leesville Lizard Lick McCullers Crossroads Neuse New Hill New Light Purnell Riley Hill Shotwell Stony Hill Wakefield Willow Spring
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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